Take Charge Indy Prepping for Clark
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Florida
Derby (GI) winner Take Charge Indy will make his first start since
finishing 19th of 20 in the Kentucky
Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) in Saturday’s Fayette (GII) at
Keeneland and trainer Pat Byrne is hopeful that race will get him fit
for their ultimate goal: the $400,000-added Clark Handicap Presented by
Norton Healthcare (GI) at Churchill Downs on Friday, Nov. 23.
“When
we stopped on him after the Derby, I said we’ll try to make the Clark with
him,” Byrne said. “We wanted to get a race in him before and landed on the
Fayette. It’s just across town and we didn’t have to ship him all over the
place. He’s fit now but he’ll be fitter for the Clark. You can breeze a horse
and train and train, but there’s nothing like a race (to get a horse fit).”
Take
Charge Indy came out of the Derby with a chip in his left front ankle. The chip
was removed and the Chuck and Maribeth Sandford-owned colt was
then given a few months turned out.
“He’s
matured since the spring,” Byrne said. “He really developed during the time he
had off at the farm.”
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